A murmurous brook. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Adjective : murmurous waters. From Dictionary.com.
He heard Annadoah's rapturously murmurous replies. From Wordnik.com. [The Eternal Maiden] Reference
The city drew him deeper into its murmurous heart. From Wordnik.com. [O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1921] Reference
His voice hummed, sang, became a murmurous soprano. From Wordnik.com. [The Shell Collector : Stories] Reference
Where the murmurous pines, as they sway in the wind. From Wordnik.com. [War Poetry of the South] Reference
The ship plowed northward in an enormous murmurous hush. From Wordnik.com. [Ensign Flandry]
Often a trumpeter horn blew murmurous, hoarsely resounding. From Wordnik.com. [The Poems and Fragments of Catullus] Reference
With its murmurous plash of waters perfume-laden of the rose. From Wordnik.com. [Indian Legends of Minnesota] Reference
The murmurous pine trees lend their purple shade to screen us. From Wordnik.com. [Ideala] Reference
I heard a low, murmurous sound, with a deal of contentment in it. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 59, September, 1862] Reference
Often a trumpeter horn blew murmurous, hoarsely resounding. From Wordnik.com. [Poems and Fragments] Reference
These moorland breezes -- how redolent, how murmurous of what had been!. From Wordnik.com. [Lancashire Idylls (1898)] Reference
Today, the waves sent up a murmurous chant, a dirge for a fisherman lost. From Wordnik.com. [A Lady of His Own]
From the brown, weather worn sealskin tent came the murmurous sound of voices. From Wordnik.com. [The Eternal Maiden] Reference
Beyond was a big room, low-ceilinged, coldly lit and murmurous with ventilators. From Wordnik.com. [Science Fiction Hall of Fame]
Suddenly a phrase stood out from the murmurous conversation about the winestand. From Wordnik.com. [Dragon Drums]
Suddenly, far down beneath me, I seemed to hear a murmurous noise of Swine-laughter. From Wordnik.com. [The House on the Borderland] Reference
A sort of murmurous complaint arose from them, a united breath of human resignation. From Wordnik.com. [Asimov's Science Fiction]
The breeze, murmurous amongst the branches, set the leaves rustling like silk attire. From Wordnik.com. [The Heavenly Twins] Reference
There was a dull murmurous commotion afar off, such as bees make when they are hiving. From Wordnik.com. [Golden Stories A Selection of the Best Fiction by the Foremost Writers] Reference
Murmuring faces waited and watched; murmurous voices filled the dark shell of the cave. From Wordnik.com. [A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man] Reference
There was a deep, murmurous, dangerous sound outside, like the humming of an angry giant. From Wordnik.com. [Burmese Days] Reference
Not the human sort, but a murmurous piping whisper of alien talents bespeaking one another. From Wordnik.com. [Conqueror's Moon]
Once its murmurous swell had closed over them, the mule-deer would have his own way with the. From Wordnik.com. [Defenders of Democracy; contributions from representative men and women of letters and other arts from our allies and our own country, edited by the Gift book committee of the Militia of Mercy] Reference
He looked into the murmurous woods, whose leaves were of no shape or color ever seen on Earth. From Wordnik.com. [The High Crusade]
It came like a murmurous wind drifting up from the south, waking men sunk in the apathy of despair. From Wordnik.com. [The Bloody Crown of Conan]
The forests ashore were full of shadow, but the river sheened like mercury on its murmurous course. From Wordnik.com. [The Game Of Empire]
It was dark, ugly, smelly, the traction-engine, but it was what endowed the murmurous thresher with life. From Wordnik.com. [Secret Bread] Reference
The murmurous wind did not soothe him, and the wakeful night had a terror for him that he could not outrun. From Wordnik.com. [The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt] Reference
He caught her arm and ran, dragging her after him down the corridor, half-lighted, but murmurous with sound. From Wordnik.com. [The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt] Reference
It was a wonderful voice, too, for its soft, purring, murmurous intonation began to have a curious effect on the brethren. From Wordnik.com. [My New Curate] Reference
The sheik and his followers after a murmurous conference with the bey had galloped off; the police had turned towards their post and. From Wordnik.com. [The Fortieth Door] Reference
As it is a murmurous and noisy city in comparison with those of Japan, so it is peaceful and quiet in comparison with Chicago or New York. From Wordnik.com. [Impressions of a War Correspondent] Reference
Couples wandered through the park across the street, their murmurous conversations clear on the whispering breeze that rattled the leaves. From Wordnik.com. [Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town] Reference
The murmurous woe of kindreds, tongues, and peoples. From Wordnik.com. [The Complete Works of Whittier] Reference
Her fear, and Constance's, that the town would be murmurous with gossip was ludicrously unfounded. From Wordnik.com. [The Old Wives' Tale] Reference
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